The Clue
Cloys (5 letter answer)
The Answer
PALLS
Tags
Notes
The answer PALLS is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 900 puzzles.
Related Clues
Satiates
Shrouds
Is tedious
Becomes boring
Becomes tiresome
Becomes wearisome
Dark coverings
Gloomy atmospheres
Grows dull
Has a wearying effect
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Definition
PALL as a noun:
1. (chill, pall) = a sudden numbing dread
2. (pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes) = burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
3. (curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall) = hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
PALL as a verb:
1. (pall, dull) = become less interesting or attractive
2. (daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare) = cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
3. cover with a pall
4. (cloy, pall) = cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
5. cause to become flat; "pall the beer"
6. (die, pall, become flat) = lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"
7. lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
8. (tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade) = get tired of something or somebody